Characterization of the NICMOS flight detectors and their capabilities

Rodger I. Thompson; Marcia J. Rieke; Karen A. Kormos; John Eric Mentzell

doi:10.1117/12.211275

6 June 1995 Characterization of the NICMOS flight detectors and their capabilities

Rodger I. Thompson, Marcia J. Rieke, Karen A. Kormos, John Eric Mentzell

Proceedings Volume 2475, Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.211275
Event: SPIE's 1995 Symposium on OE/Aerospace Sensing and Dual Use Photonics, 1995, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The near infrared camera and multi-object spectrometer (NICMOS) is a new instrument for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). NICMOS provides opportunities for near infrared astrophysical investigations with HST in the 0.8 - 2.5 micrometers spectral region with 256 X 256 array detectors of HgCdTe manufactured by the Rockwell International Electro-Optical Center. This manuscript describes the characteristics and capabilities of the flight focal plane assemblies (FPAs) for all three NICMOS cameras as well as the three flight spares and three continuous evaluation FPAs. All of the FPAs exceed the original specifications by a significant amount and represent the first scientific space flight of infrared arrays for this wavelength region.

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Rodger I. Thompson, Marcia J. Rieke, Karen A. Kormos, and John Eric Mentzell "Characterization of the NICMOS flight detectors and their capabilities", Proc. SPIE 2475, Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy, (6 June 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.211275

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